[Wuhan Pneumonia] Chinese tourists visited Wuhan market and Thailand was diagnosed

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Written by: Huang Yongyu

2020-01-14 09:50

The Thai government's health department said yesterday (13th) that the first case of Wuhan's new coronavirus infection was found in Klang. The patient is a 61-year-old female Chinese tourist and is currently being isolated and hospitalized at a local hospital. Xu Shuchang, Chair Professor of Respiratory Medicine, CUHK Medical School, pointed out on the Xincheng program (14th) that he understood that the lady had not been to the South China Seafood Market in Wuhan, but had visited other markets in Wuhan and questioned that the virus had been in wildlife. It spreads, expecting China and WHO to screen other markets and surrounding areas.

Xu Shuchang said that the 61-year-old female patient had not been to the South China Seafood Market, but had been to other markets in Wuhan, bluntly saying "there is a problem", questioning that the virus had spread among wild animals, causing wild animals in other markets to become infected. , Believes that the WHO and the Chinese authorities should find out as soon as possible.

In addition, regarding the coming of the Spring Festival, he bluntly said that the probability of "human-to-human" transmission of the new coronavirus is not high. There is no special situation among more than 700 close contacts, but he is worried that animal infections are already available in other markets. He hopes that China will expand the screening scope to other Markets, and even surrounding areas.

The World Health Organization says it is working with Thai and Chinese officials to respond to the incident.

Xu Shuchang, Chair Professor of Respiratory Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. (Profile picture)

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